we used to have the best stuff. think about the world used to say, let's travel to america. let's see the golden gate bridge. let's see the hoover dam. let's see these amazing thing america built. are we going to be the generation where we stop building? where we've got run-down roads and bridges are deemed obsolete? that's not who america is. so congress will have a chance to see if they want to put americans back to work doing the work that america needs done. they say that they value our veterans. when i went before the joint congress to prevent this american jobs act, i said let's give tax breaks to companies that are hiring our veterans. we just got 25,000, a pledge of 25,000 jobs from companies all across the country aiming for a goal of 100,000 veterans being hired by the end of 2013. so when i talked about this part of the plan before the joint session of congress, everybody rose up. democrats and republicans alike. so the question now is, if you all stood and applauded, how are you going to vote? it's not enough to applaud and go to a veterans day parade. people nee